Music-leaf turner.



A.' INEICH.l

Muslc LEAF TURNER. 4

" APPLICATION msn JULY 7. |915.

. f v l.Patented Mar. 14,1916.

2 SHEETS--SHEET l.

A INEICH.

` Music LEAF TURNER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 7. 1915.'

Patented Mar. 14, 1916. 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

Witneooeo A'rl-m COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH `co., WASHINGTDN. D. C.

, ALBERT INEICH, or ILION; NEW YORK.

Music-LEAF .TRNIER i 1 To all whom it may con/Jem;

Be it known thatI,

' lzen of the United States, residing at Il ion,

c in the county of Herkimer and State'of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Music-LeafjTurners; and I do hereby declare the following to be a1 full, clear, and exact Vdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in'4 :the art to which it appertains to make and' use the same.

My invention relates to newan-d useful:

improvements 1n music leaf turners and my object is to provide Vmeans for succes' sively turning the leaves of the sheet music and one that can be placed directly upon the,

' usual form of shelf as provided upon a r piano or similar musicalinstrument or upon` av music rack. f

A further object is to provide means whereby the sheets of the'music maybelturned instantly,'onc at a 'time and moved kin either direction.` I i j Aafurther` object is Yto provide suitable clips for engaging the sheets of vmusic with`r Anda the arms of the turning device;

further object is 'to provide suitable attach-y j ments in connection with the turner when: placed upon a music rack .for operating thel same from pedals. l. j n i Other objects and advantages vwillfbe hereinafter set forth and Amore Ip'articularly V pointed out in the accompanying, specifica? is a front elevation of the 'turner' ready tol` be applied to usein connection with a piano tion.

made a part of this application, Figure 1 or similar'instrument, one ofthe leaf'tiirn-,v resting in operated position, Fig.l 'f 2 is a plan viewiookingtoward theupper ing rods y end of the'turner as seen on line u2--2 of Fig.

wardly as seen online 4 is an'edge elevation of `a 'clamp used' for sheets of music to the turning"V arms.` Fig. 5 is aperspectivefview ofthel ordinary' music rackshowingthe manner of 1. i Fig. "3 is a sectionalviewlooking down- 3-3 of Fig.w1. Fig.

engaging the "attachingkmy improved turner theretof y Fig.

,6 is an enlarged transverse-ksectionalview4 through the rack, andFig'. 7 is detailed elev y vation of a modified formof attachmentffor' 'lar' reference numerals'A operating the turner whenA positioned upon the music rack.`

Referring to' the drawings in whichfsimi-f' ,Srpjecication of'Letters fatent. ,l

ALBERTr INIGH, aciti- In the accompanying'drawings which are" designate corref f Patented Mar. 14,1916'.

' Application mea July 7, 191.5. serial No. 38,411. v

sponding parts throughout the severalV views, 1 and 2 indicatelthe side members of the, frame of the turner, 3 the bottom'secton j thereof and 4 the-top section, the side mem- I bers 1 and 2 having lateral eXtensions which are attached to the top and bottom sections in any preferredmanner. Extending verti lcally through the center of the frame and Afinding bearings at its ends in the upper and lower sections thereof is a shaft v5, upon the upper end of which are rotatably mounted a pair of gears 6 and 7, said gearshaving arms `8 and 9 respectively attached thereto and adapted to rotate therewith. In order f rame, segmental gears 10 and 11 are positioned to mesh with the gears 6 and 7 respectively, said segmental gears being fixed Y to shafts 12 and 13 mounted at their ends in the upper and lowersections of theframe.

u n u a y vto swing said arms from side to side of the The shafts 12 -and r13 and the segmental` gears 10and. 11 carried thereby are rotated l in either direction by placing pinions 14 and 151 on the shafts k12 and 13- adjacent their lower ends with which cooperate racks 16 'and 17 and 18 and 19 respectively, racks 16 and17 being ypositioned on diametrically opposite sides of the pinion 14, while the racks 18 and 19 are similarly positioned on opposite sides of the pinion 15, one vof said racks of'each set being employed for rotating its respective shaft in one direction and theotherrackto swing the same inthe opposite direction. The frame of the turning @device is held in position for operation by means of the clamps 20, having binding screws 21 for securing the clamp over "the part of the musical instrument. With this form of device,'the various sheets of music 'are entered'edgewise between a clamp 22 on the shaft 5 and are secured therebetween by means of a thumb screw 23, the upper ends of the sheets being suspended from lthe farms 8 and 9 by means of spring `bottoni section of the frame `and any suitable i it clips 24, said clips comprising a pair of l straps 25 and 26 which are secured together adjacent ytheir upper ends by means of a bowed spring 27, the eXtreme upper ends of thefstraps terminating in handle sections 28 and 29 respectivelyywhilethe lower end of the strap 25 is curved outwardly at its `lowermost extremity,jso that the sheets of music canbe readily introduced between the Estrap's,

thefstrap a pressure roller'30 beingcarried by 251and' adapted to impinge thev sheets ofimusic against the strap 26. After.` the' clips have beenproperly attached to the sheets of music, they are'jentered over the ends o1 their respective arms 8 and 9, said arms passing between the bowed-spring the roller, the. eXtremeends of the arms e `having hook members 31 and 2`respectively of 'the frame,

which prevent'the clipsfrom casually leaving the arm. As the clips can be'freely moved lengthwise 'of' the arms 8 an'd9, any

size sheet of music may be readily accommo'dated.k After the sheets of music have been properly engaged withthe turningdefvice, allof the arms are moved to the rightv l and when it is desired toturn/ I the first sheet, pressure is applied to k thev outer end of the rack 1,8 and as said rack,

moves inwardly, the pinion 15 will be ro-y tated, thus operating the segmental gear 11,

to y'rotate the geary 7 and consequently move Lthe .arm 9 and the sheetof music carriedlA thereby to the leftsideof the frame Vor to' l lthe position shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the same i operation` causing the rack 19 to move outwardly.

wheait is' desired te fum the shatterk music'carried by the arn18, inward pressure is rdirected on the rack 16 which rotates the pinion 14 andthe segmental gear 30.

l with the gear '6 Vand swing; the arm8 to 10causing said segmental gear to rotate ,theleft sideof the frame,` thisv action also causing the rack 17 to moveoutwardly. If it is Vdesired to 'again play thesame-'music,

pressure is directed inwardly on the .racks i* f by. introducing the same between'y plates'. V33,

they racks 16 andr '19 being positioned be,

tween their respective pinions and the `ends lor said plate, whilethe racks 17v and18. are

positioned between their respectivepinions andy ribs 34 carried by' said plates. In order 5b to operate the turning device from a musicl rack, the upper endsof the standard 35of V of the frame in any suitablemanner, said frame taking thel place of the usual form of support employed in connection with theyl music rack. Toadapt the same forgopera- Y tionthrough themedium of` pedals, the

racks 16 and y19" are provided with ears 36*` and 37; respectively-,to Which are attached cables 38. andf39, saidicables extending over i vsheaves 40 and 41-in the bottom section 3,

f thence through openings in said bottom sec,-

tion 3, the lower ends ofsaid'cables being attached to rocking arms 42 and 4 3 respec- 4 tively.' The cables: 38 and 39 are' attached to therrocker armsgat a point substantially(k ,attached to foot be manually at their 'longitudinal `centers,`ione end ofl pthe Vrocker armsbeing`pivo'tally'secured toy acollar 44 .on the extension sleeve45of the f rack, the opposite ends ofthe rocker arms havingk pull cords 46 and V47 attached there-k to and extended downwardly to a point adA jacent the base of the raclr'where they are operatedpedals 48 and49` respectively.

`vThillal it is adjustablv secured te binding yScrew theA sleeve by meansjof ay 50,' ajbushing 51 ypreferably havingspring tension being introduced betweenthe collar:

and the sleeve, the bindingscrewbeing y pressed against sald bush1ng to securely clamp the collar tothe sleeve.` In Vthis form v ilof device it isbut necessary to directdownward pressure upon the peda1s48 andv 49r- ,i

.to operatethe parts of wtheleaf turner gto e5 swing the armsy from the right to thele'ittl side oftheframe, but theracks will have to arms to their 1n1t1al positions.

be used-for operating the lturner when applied toa music rack, and in this instance,

therocker ,arms 42 and 43 VVare dispensed with and la pair of segmental disks 52 and 53 varepivotally attached tofthe sleeve 45 ,orthe rack', the cables and 39 being at perated in order ,to return' the tached to the forward edges 0I" said disks. L 4

j LMounted uponthe pivot54 employed for ,f .securing the jseginentalpdisks tof the sleeve isa bar '55, one end-*Offvthe bar having Yattached theretoone end of aspring 56thekr opposite end of thespring lbeing attached to j fthe sleeve' 45r in :any vsuitable manner. The opposite end of the-bar extends between the disk lfor a distance beyond the edges, andk haslpivotally secured thereto a latch 57, ,thek l 7 f free end of'wthe latchhaving a cross head 58,'

the ends 'of which are adaptedl to `engagev with projections59 andO on the peripheral Vv edgesgof the segmentaldisks 52 and '53Mref L; spectively, the projection y60. beingin "af plane a above the yprojections,` l n n head 58rwill. pass over thejpr'ojection 59 n fwhen'the disk 53 isoperated rt0'PBi-i-a`te the g y rack 18, the peripheral edgel ofthe ydisk 53 theraclr is attached to the bottom section` 59.150'y that the cross having a curved eXtensionGl infthe'rear of the projection 60 which normallyholds rthe 'n latch out yof the pathof` the projection 59.', When lthelat'eh hasfopferated the 'diskai and returns'to its initial position, it will move off of the extensionO andinto the path 0f 'the projecten 59, wherebyvwhen y52-zwill kbe rrotated and thef rack 16 operated.

- the device, a

of the projection 59, when by giving'an additional downward pullupon the cord 62, the cable 3S will be operated. Upon releasing the pull upon the cord 62, the lever 55 will be returned to its initial position, the latch resting upon the edges of the disk until inward pressure is directed against the racks 17 and 19 which will return said disks to their initial positions and engage the ,latch 57 with lthe projection 60, said latch riding upwardly on the curved extension 61y and out of the path of the projection. 59.

Having thus fully `described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by `Letters Patent is 1. VIn a music leaf turner, the fcoinbination with a support, of a frame, a central shaft` mounted thereon, gears rotatable on said shaft, side shafts on said frame, segmentaly gears on said side'shafts and mesh-` k lon saidl gears adaptedfto rotate therewith,

Copies of this patient may be obtained for the projection 60,l and in operating ing with said first mentioned gears, arms pinions' on said side shafts, racks lon said frame arranged in pairs and coperating with said pinions, one rack of each pair formed with anl ear, cables attached 'to said ears, andmeans on said support vfor actuatf ing the racks to swing said arms from one side of theframeto the other. f i

2.A. music leafV turner comprising a frame, a supportfor said frame, a central shaft mounted on said frame, gears rotatable on said shaft, side shafts on'said frame,y segmental gears on said side shafts and meshing with said first gears, arms fixed on said first mentioned gears and adapted to krotate therewith, pinions on the side shafts racks operating with said pinions and arranged in pairs, one rack in each pair having an ear, rocker arms on said support, f

cables extending from said rocker arms to the Vears of said racks, a pedal operating means connected to said rockerarms to move ythe last mentioned racks inwardly to rotate said pinions to swing the first mentioned armsin one direction. v v

In testimony whereof I have signed my name-to kthis 'specification in the presence of vtwo rsubscribing witnesses.

Witnesses: s

y JENNIE G. MILLS, GUsTAvE Ross.Y

ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. C.

ALBERTl iiuaiori.v 

